Thailand Annual Report 2011

Our Mission and VisionIntroducingActionAid Thailand

ActionAid Thailand is a part of ActionAid International. It was founded in 2001 with the aims to giving individuals a voice in the society and the rights to their own livelihood and natural resources. ActionAid Thailand also focuses on educating poor and marginalized people about their rights, enabling them to better influence public policies and empower them to represent their concern.

Our Mission and VisionA world without poverty and injustice in which every person enjoys their rights to a life with dignity.

We work together with poor and excluded people to end poverty and injustice.

Our Values• Mutual Respect• Equity and justice• Honesty and transparency• Solidarity with poor, powerless and

excluded people• Independence from any religious or party

political affiliation• Courage of conviction• Humility

A world without poverty and injustice in which every person enjoys the rights to a life with dignity...

Message from

Acting Country

We could not achieve all these without the valuable assistance and

cooperation of our partners, communities, volunteers, and

networks...

The year 2011 marks the registration of AA Thailand as a Thai non-governmental organization under the name of ActionAid International (Thailand) Foundation (AAIT). AAIT is an affiliate member of ActionAid International (AAI) with its national board members.

Although it was a transition year for AAIT, the real work has already begun. A European Union funded program has started in the three southern provinces to strengthen the capacity of the local NGOs and CBOs, and the communities. The project aims to bring all stakeholders closer together to achieve more cohesive results. We have managed to secure the funding for and started the Waste to Energy for Economic Development and Environment Health Project in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand. The purpose of the project is to reduce deforestation and GHC emissions and simultaneously provide a cost effective and income generating fuel source. Funding for the project came from Energy and Environmental Project Mekong – EEP Mekong.

We have continued to reshape and strengthen our regular programs on Education, Women’s Rights, Urban Poor, and Emergency Response. Through Human Rights based approach, AAIT have built capacity and empowered marginalized women, landless women, small-holder women farmers, and the women leaders in the rural and urban areas with whom AAIT has worked. In addition, marginalized children, parents, and local teachers have benefited from the Education program in the North, South, and Central Thailand. Teachers are trained on the issue of Rights in School, to ensure that the rights of the children and teachers are promoted and implemented. During the emergency period, when floods disaster affected one third of Thailand, AAIT has moved immediately to help the victims. Despite the limited resources and past experience, we have managed to reach more than 10,000 victims with relief packages. Our rehabilitation work to help those affected communities will continue well into 2012, through our Disaster Reduction and Recovery Preparedness program. We aim to help build resilience of communities so that they are capable of dealing more effectively with similar calamities in the future.

We have put together a strong team of professionals in 2011 and begun capacity building exercises through ActionAid International. The design and implementation of systems for human resources and organizational development that started in 2011 will continue to produce tangible outcomes in 2012. In terms of fundraising, we have managed to secure investment from AAI for face-to-face fundraising activity and the high-value fundraising staff salary and associated costs. The year of 2012 will mark the systematic testing of fundraising in the Thai market.

We could not have achieved all these without the valuable assistance and cooperation of our partners, communities, volunteers, and networks. However, special commendation must go to our dedicated and industrious team. They have selflessly worked under trying circumstances and stood on the side of the community to ensure that AAIT stays loyal to its values and its vision.

Roatchana (Nui) Sungthong

Acting Country ManagerActionAid Thailand

Thailand 2011’s

Context

Social and Political ContextThe dispute tearing apart Thai society is exposing class divisions that have emerged from the rising industrialization within the country and the increasing gap between the rich and the poor. Resentment among the rural poor solidified, as they felt excluded from the rapid economic growth of the 1980s and early 1990s, which had transformed Bangkok into a capital city of mega proportions. Therefore, while the urban middle classes have clearly benefited from trade and globalization, the rural poor have seen the agricultural sector collapse in the face of competition from China and other countries, especially in the rise of bilateral and regional FTAs. Although the national election and subsequent decisive victory of Pheu Thai party in July 2011 gave some hope of tranquility to the political scene, the political conflict which deeply divides the urban elites and rural poor stemming

f r o m i n c o m e i n e q u a l i t y a n d unsusta inab le economic g rowth continues to generate anxiety for political instability.

Traditionally the Thai society is coherent and strongly united. The recent changes in the politics have created a deep division among the Thai people. This division is not just political or party-based, it effects the whole social value concept and structure. This is a challenge for the country and a threat to the implementation of any poverty eradication activity in Thailand. On the other side, the social and moral governance of the society and people has been changing. There is a growing apprehension among many corners of the society about the effectiveness and validity of the current system of governance, which, in turn, is making the society more vulnerable.

Economic ContextThailand’s income categorization has been upgraded by the World Bank from a lower middle-income country to an upper middle-income economy in 2011. The economy of Thailand is heavily expor t -dependent , w i th expor ts accounting for more than two thirds of gross domestic product (GDP).

Recently, Thailand experienced GDP growth by 7.8% in 2010 making it one of the fastest growing economies in Asia and the fastest growing economy in South East Asia. The country has a GDP of 9.5 trillion Baht, or US$584 billion

(PPP), making it the 24th largest economy in the world. Thailand's recovery from the 1997–1998 Asian financial crisis depended mainly on exports, among various other factors. Thailand ranks high among the world's automotive export industries along with manufacturing of electronic goods. Tourism revenues are on the rise and contributing to about 6% of GDP.

Poverty in ThailandThailand is an upper middle income country; ironically the gap between the rich and the poor is still prominent. The high level of poverty and the most vulnerable groups in Thailand are found in rural communities in the far North, Northeast, and South. Other vulnerable groups are indigenous people who are not benefiting from the overall economic growth, migrants, and urban poor living in slum dwellings. The

majority of those works in informal labour sector, and lack housing security and landrights; lack access to basic infrastructure, health and education; and face eviction problems preventing them from accessing their basic rights and improving their livelihood.

Conflict in the SouthThe insurgency in southern Thailand is active primarily in Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala provinces. The combined population of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala provinces is approximately 1.8 million, of which about 80% are Malay Muslims. Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala are among the 20 poorest of the 76 provinces of Thailand and have some of the highest rates of poverty in the country. The failure to address broad

structural problems in the relationship between the southernmost provinces and rest of the country is seen as one of the main reasons for the violence. As it was in the past 50 years, the recent questions of education, employment in the public sector, language and economic development lie at the root of conflict. Women and youths are the most vulnerable and represent the primary victims of the conflict.

Situation of Women and Girls

According to UNIFEM Thailand, “The primary challenges to gender equality are low political participation of women, citizenship for ethnic minorities, and a flou r i sh ing sex i ndus t r y tha t has contributed to HIV prevalence, trafficking and exploitation.” Additionally, women still h a v e f e w e r c a r e e r a d v a n c e m e n t opportunities and domestic violence against women continues. The majority of Thai children attend school, but access to free and quality education for all is not provided, nor is it applicable. “Thailand has

more than 1,470,000 disadvantaged children, of which 75% have no rights or opportunity to receive basic education” according to the THAI Education Watch Network. Those disadvantaged children are street children, indigenous children, stateless children, slum children, children and dependants of migrant laborers, children in remote areas, and children affected by the conflict in the South of Thailand.

Thailand has more than 1.470.000 disadvantaged children, of which 75% have no rights or opportunity to receive basic education“

Floods of 2011

Severe flooding occurred during the 2011 monsoon season in Thailand. Beginning at the end of July, flooding soon spread through the provinces of Northern, Northeastern and Central Thailand along the Mekong and Chao Phraya river basins. In October, floodwaters reached the mouth of the Chao Phraya and inundated parts of

the capital city of Bangkok. Flooding persisted in some areas until mid-January 2012, and resulted in a total of 815 deaths (with three missing) and 13.6 million people were affected. Sixty-five of Thailand's 77 provinces were declared flood disaster zones, and over 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi) of farmland was damaged. The disaster has been described as "the worst flooding yet in terms of the amount of water and people affected." The World Bank has estimated 1,425 billion baht (US$ 45.7 Bn) in economic damages and losses due to flooding, as of 1 December 2011. Most of this was to the manufacturing industry, as seven major industrial estates were inundated by as much as three meters (10 feet) during the floods. Disruptions to manufacturing supply chains affected regional automobile production and caused a global shortage of hard disk drives, which is expected to last throughout 2012.

Partnership for Change and Developing Areas

• Associate Partner: Chumchon Sattha Community Network• Chumchon Thai Foundation • European Commission• HADF: Hill Area and Community Development Foundation• WePeace women’s group • Community Eco-Culture Reforming and Learning Center Phetchabun

Mountainous (CECR-LCPM)• Protection Women’s Rights to Land Network (PWRLN)

ActionAid Thailand is working closely with partners in local and national organizations committed to eradicating poverty. Community development projects are being run with 6 local organizations in 7 provinces in Thailand and have reached to 41,186 people in 2011. ActionAid Thailand’s main partners are:

Programmes

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Strengthening Civil Society Roles in Poverty Alleviation

Activities: 1. Capacity building, Empowerment and

campaigning : fellow, CCS and CBOs (Community Based Organization)

2. Institutional involvement of CSOs in community development.

3. Strengthening and enhancing community entrepreneurship.

4. Land access and property disputes

ActionAid Thailand, with its partner Chumchon Sattha Thai Foundation (CCS) became effective intermediaries between the Thai communities and authorities at local, provincial and policy levels. With the support of the European Union (EU), we succeded in enabling the communities for equitable participation in sustainable development and poverty allocation actions.

The 2011’s achievements are:

• Community development plan of 40 communities are presented to different government bodies.

• More than 60% of community needs are addressed, and over 70% of needed public services are delivered.

• More than 90% of the community members are able to reduce their household expenses.

• More than 80% of community members are skilled in basic marketing techniques and in production services relating to their specific businesses.

• More than 90% of land access and property disputes are well identified and documented.

• 60% of land access and property disputes are in the process of consultation with stakeholders.

A youth representative as a leader for giving a vow to bring peace to the south in ‘Voice of the Voiceless’ event (12 September 2011, Thaksin University, Thailand)

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Waste to Energy for Economic Development and Environment

Health Project

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The purpose of this project is to reduce deforestation and GHG emissions while simultaneously providing a cost-effective and income generating fuel source.

In working towards this overall objective, this demonstration project aims to save approximately 60 tons of native forest from being cut down and used as domestic fuel wood, thus preventing approximately 18.75 mts of carbon and particulates entering into the atmosphere. To ensure the feasibility of these targets, the project at the same time provides farmers and agricultural produce processors with an alternative means of disposing waste. More specifically, the project will enable them to sell or send reusable waste to the two ELCs for conversion into briquettes, rather than burning it.

Activities:Waste to Energy for Economic Development and Environment Health Project to demonstrate the efficiency of alternative fuel sources as a means of sustainable environmental conservation. The purpose of the project is to demonstrate the efficiency of alternative, readily available, and cost-effective fuel sources as a means of environmental conservation. The alternative fuel sources that the project will promote is the manufacturing and use of solid fuel briquettes made from agricultural and other waste. The utilization of the briquettes at both domestic and small industry levels will reduce the need for the Pa Tueng (Chiangrai Province, Thailand) residents to take wood from the sub-district’s natural forests to use as a source of fuel.

The indicators that correspond to the project purpose are: • Residents of 40 villages in Pa Tueng sub-district now know

how to use the briquettes, and briquettes are being used as an alternative fuel source.

• Three hundred school children are trained in Waste to Energy as an environmental safeguard.

“It’s just our way of life, we have used fire for many years. The issue about pollution is a recent occurrence due to the late rains and hotter air temperatures. It doesn’t last forever. When the rainy season arrives the conditions will improve.”

- Thai land owner on burning his fields. http://www.chiangmai-mail.com/322/reflection.shtml

Agricultural burning in Thailand includes the burning of  old rice crops to make way for new crops and other  biomass like leaf matter, grasses and other unwanted tree and bush materials. Clearing old rice crops with fire an old tradition, which is believed to fertilise the soil for future crops,  reduce pest  insect population and as well as minimising labour and machinery costs.

Ahmee participated in one of the project’s briquette production training sessions on 5th March 2012. After the training at the briquette factory, which is located in Baan Pang-Sa, she understands it is an alternative energy project. Currently the Pang-Sa villagers are mostly employed by agricultural plantations and involved with the cultivation of rice and corn. The fact that the factory is located in their village will allow the community to access addit ional employment opportunities and sell local resources to produce the briquettes, such as corn cobs that produce high yields in Pang-Sa, every year. Currently, after the corn seeds are taken off, the cobs are burned. This activity causes smoke pollution. The government launched a campaign about forest fires, requesting cooperation from the public to not burn garbage, agricultural waste, twigs or grass, but people do not have an alternative way to effectively dispose of these types of waste. If agricultural waste, such as corn cobs, is utilized to produce briquettes, Ahmee thinks this is a useful way to reduce the smoke pollution in the area.

Moreover, Ahmee has had a chance to use the trial briquettes which were produced during the training program. She compared the project’s briquettes to normal firewood and found that the briquettes are more flammable and produce a stronger heat than ordinary firewood. While cooking with the briquettes she only had to light the briquettes once and was able to leave the fire unattended to do other things. Whereas she needed to continually add to the firewood to keep it burning before. In addition, small pieces of briquette can be recycled after use in the briquette production process, compared to firewood which cannot be reused, and the trial briquettes produce less smoke

Story of

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Interview and photo by:Mr. Terapun Kuntawung Field Programme Officer, Waste to Energy for Economic Development and Environmental HealthComplied by:Mr. Kulachart DaengdejProgramme Officer, ActionAid-Thailand

Women’s Rights

Through capacity building and empowerment of marginalized women, landless women, women small-holder farmers, women community leaders, and strengthening of Protection Women’s Rights to Land Network (PWLN) and women’s networks to support and advocate equality, equity and gender fairness, ActionAid Thailand Women’s Rights Program and partners act to support and build the recovery of livelihoods from disaster or conflicts, and enable women’s movement to secure policies.

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1. Empowerment of women to reject gender-related violence, denial of control over their bodies and their sexuality and the factors that make them vulnerable HIV and AIDS. • Four hundred marginalize women in

conflict area and rural area were given encouragement, an understanding of women’s rights, Violence Against Women and Girls, and understanding of the concept of control over their bodies through organized training and peer group discussions.

• Forty women artists were invited to advocate on Women’s Rights, Sexual Autonomy and Bodily Integrity, and Violence Against Women

2. Emergency response support and building the recovery of livelihoods of landless women, women small-holder farmers, and women and girls in urban poor communities that are affected by disaster or conflicts • A total of 2,500 women and girls have

received responsive action and women and girls in 14 communities that were affected by floods that are continuing to receive support in remedial action and environment building action for their livelihoods

3. Strengthening and collaborating women’s networks and women’s movement to secure policies from their government. • Protection of Women’s Rights to Land

Network (PWRLN) was established for advocacy policy and to support women’s rights to land movement

• To present an open letter of proposal to the Prime Ministry on behalf of Women Network for Advancement and Peace (WNAP), asking for recognition of the voices of the people, especially women, and response to those that seek help and protection. The proposal recommended the recognition as a response to the peace resolution for the great benefit of peace, harmony and stability between the two countries, Thai and Cambodia, and among the general ASEAN community.

4. Supporting landless women and women small-holder farmers in the communities to build their capacity to access and control over land, natural re s o u rc e s a n d t o i m p ro v e t h e i r livelihoods, as well as organizing women leadership training for landless women and small-holder farmers women to increase decision-making capacity and advocate equality, equity, and gender fairness in their communities. • Thirty women from landless women and

women small-holder farmers were trained and taught more about women’s rights, women leadership, Violence Against Women, and women’s rights to land.

Activities:

ActionAid Thailand joined with women network in Thailand to celebrate IWD 2011.

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EducationOur work on education aimed to ensure access to education that is relevant and of quality for the marginalized children. We believe that education is the most important tool to address the challenges, including the weakening governance, democracy deficit, and inequality within the society.

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Achievements:• More than 500 marginalized students were given access to safe drinking water and adequate

sanitation.• More than 1,000 children benefited from our school lunch programme.• Education materials were provided to at least 159 students.• Basic infrastructure in three schools was improved sufficiently.• More than 30 local teachers were trained and learned more about rights to education.• More than 900 community members benefited from AAT’s education programme. Access to

education for marginalized students improved and coordination among teachers, community members, and district authority for the development of school curriculum, and community established.

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“I like the school a lot. If I don’t have a chance to study here I don’t know how my future will look like”

Marisa Mayer, 13-year-old Akha girl told us.

Like her parents, Marisa was born in Myanmar but poverty forced them to cross the border seven years ago to settle down in Chiangrai province, northern Thailand.

With no national identity, her family has no claim to even the most basic rights afforded to a Thai citizen. Her parents work as laborers, harvesting crops or cutting grass in the agriculture farm. They use this money to support their five children. The two oldest children work with the parents to support the rest of the family. Luckily, Marisa had a chance to go to school because of the Thai government’s policy to provide free education for all children in Thailand. Marisa got to go to school but found that she had problems adapting to a Thai school and her fellow students.

“I was troubled by the language; I couldn’t speak or read Thai at that time. All my friends and teachers couldn’t understand me at all. I felt so isolated”

Like other minority children in Thai schools, she faced language and cultural problems. Most of those children leave the school because they couldn’t adapt themselves to the new and unfamiliar environment.

ActionAid Thailand in collaboration with Hill Area and Community Development Foundation (HADF) supported the shared learning mechanism among students, teachers, community members and local authority on education for minority children by organizing teachers’ trainings and increased education awareness in the community. Now minority children like Marisa could enjoy studying in Thai schools with the education in adoption and acceptance of ethnic multi-cultural.

ActionAid Thailand in collaboration with Hill Area and Community Development Foundation (HADF) organizes teacher's training and increased education awareness in the community. Learning mechanisms and techniques are shared among students, teachers, community members and local authorities on education for minority children. Now Marisa and many other children from minorities can enjoy studying a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic education and pave the path towards their own futures.

“I want to be a chef to support my family and I believe that education could make my dream come true”

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Bang Bua Canal Community - Urban Poor Empowerment

• To provide quality early childhood care and development and pre-primary education to approximately 500 pre-school children in communities along Bang Bua canal

• Meeting with the community, including community leaders, women’s group, and the selected committee of child care centre to inform everyone about the project and seek their involvement.

• Approval of architect’s plans for the construction of an early childhood development centre.

• Construct the early childhood development centre on the designated site with a two-story building. The centre will include three classrooms for children, playing zone, a library that will function as a community library, a kitchen, a common area where community members can use for their weekend meetings, and a small office for staff. Approximately 20 community members will be employed as labourers for the four to six month period of construction.

• The communities are more aware of their rights and their capacity enhanced.

Objectives:

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Child Care Center

Since last year, ActionAid Thailand has supported the construction and development of child care and development center in Bang Bua community, to provide a solution to the first problem of children being left vulnerable to isolation and possible abuse, as well as creating a facility that would enable them to have some early play and education.

• Coordinate with the community and partners to run the process of renovating the building to become the child care center

• Parental Classroom • Weekend activity ‘Learning through Art’

for child development through art and play

• The communities are more aware of their rights and their capacity enhanced

Activities:

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Photos of children in Bangbua community. There are no spaces for them to play

Emergency response and recovery program

Due to the heavy flooding that hit Thailand in the north, northeast and the central part of the country in 2011, Act ionAid Thai land implemented an emergency response program by providing immediate relief and facilitating long term rehabilitation and recovery through a community-based approach in the overall frame work of HRBA.

Recognizing the differential impact of floods on the communities, ActionAid invested its re s o u rc e s f o r t h e m o s t v u l n e r a b l e communities in the affected areas where we have been working primarily, namely Bangbua and nearby urban poor communities in Bangkok, and communities of small scale farmers and landless farmers in Petchboon province. The relief efforts were also extended to Bangpa-in district in Ayutthaya province, one of the most flood affected areas, upon the needs assessment.

ActionAid Thailand continues to support the communities for the recovery and rehabilitation process to ensure that: • The immediate health and sanitation needs

of poor and vulnerable households in flood affected communities along Bang Bua canal are met.

• To ensure that the specific needs of women and children are met through psychosocial activities.

• Work with the government and concerned authorities to ensure the mobile health clinic service is maintained during the flood period, by using alternative means of transport to reach the communities.

• The collaborate with health institutions and other agencies to ensure health services and medication are reaching the communities.

• The affected communities are able to access the support and flood response programmes of the government.

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ActionAid Thailand responded to the floodfrom September – November 2011 Upon the rapid need assessment in the flood affected areas, ActionAid provided food and non-food aid to 315 households in Petchaboon, 2,450 households to Bangbua and nearby communities, and

to 300 households in Bangpa-in district, Ayuddhya province.

Totally, ActionAid reached out to at least 12,000 people during the flood response.

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An Information Associate, whose main role was to support shared learning internally and advance brand awareness of ActionAid Thailand, was responsible for communications function. The main activities are centred around bringing our engagements and achievements in all intervention to the attention of the public, donors, partners and decision makers. The crucial role of the communication function would play in supporting fundraising activities in the future was recognized.

Communication and Fundraising Unit

On 25 June 2011, AAT has joined MTV EXIT Foundation for a free concert to ‘Stop trafficking and exploitation’ in Chiang-Mai province, attended by 20,000 music fans. ‘Super Junior M’ and other famous Thai artists performed to raise awareness and collect signatures to end human trafficking and exploitation. More Photos: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150226556822283.316475.132632722282

In October 2011, AAT announced the ‘Youth Photography Competition’ in the issue of ‘INEQUALITY’ and successfully called for participation. There were more than 120 photos sent from the young participants before the opening on AAT’s fan page to let the public vote for their most favorite photo. WE have received more than3,000 votes in total. See all the photos: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150346165742283.345741.132632722282&type=1

Youth -The driver of change

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Social Media

Website(www.actionaid.org/thailand)Communication unit has built the new website for AAT with the support of ActionAid International to reach our audiences. In addition to information about AAT, there are blog entries, case stories, videos, and publications that are regularly uploaded on AAT’s website.

Facebook (www.facebook.com/ActionAidThailand)AAT has started using Facebook as a new channel to communicate with the public. Facebook has grown significantly and is now the most popular social network in Thailand. In 2011, AAT has received great response from this channel as more than 100 volunteers joined to help us packing and distributing the relief packages during the flood situation in Thailand. There are 1,500 fans on AAT’s fan page currently.

Twitter (@ActionAidThai)Twitter helps us to connect with people by sharing links and entering into conversations. AAT has joined Twitter at the end of 2011. There are currently 50 followers, including AA staff, people from other organizations, and people who are interested in AAT activities. During the flood disaster, our tweets have gained attention among the volunteers and media. Together with the website and Facebook pages, the social media has become our main tool of communication with the public.

Fundraising Achievements (Income):

In 2011, the major part of the income of the AAT came from AAI. We have also secured 150,000 GBP of fundraising investment from Fundraising International AAI Investment Fund. In addition, we have raised 100,000 from Energy and Environmental Project Mekong – EEP Mekong and a major individual donor through ActionAid UK. At the end of 2011, during the flooding emergency, we have received 43000 GBP from International Emergency Coordination Team and ActionAid Asia Regional Office.

In 2011, the major part of the income of the AAT came from AAI. We have also secured 150,000 GBP of fundraising investment from Fundraising International AAI Investment Fund. In addition, we h a v e r a i s e d 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 f ro m E n e rg y a n d Environmental Project Mekong – EEP Mekong and a major individual donor through ActionAid UK. At the end of 2011, during the flooding emergency, we have received 43,000 GBP from International Emergency Coordination Team and ActionAid Asia Regional Office.

Financial Report

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In the year 2010 and 2011, the main part of AAT’s income was sourced from ActionAid International (AAI). The income funds transfer in the year 2010 was from AAI 381.22K GBP and ActionAid United Kingdom (AAUK) 88.68K GBP, or 81% and 19% of total funds transfer, respectively. In the year 2011, we received total income funds transfer of 625.13K GBP, which comprise funds transfer from AAI to AAT (577.38K GBP), matching funds from AAUK (Mr. Richard W. Hudd) to AAT (13.65K GBP) to cover the 20% co-financing of Waste to Energy for Economic Development and Environmental Health project (EEP-Mekong project) and a direct funds transfer from ActionAid Sweden (AAS) to AAT for the first installment of EEP-Mekong project (34.10K GBP). Moreover, 92% of EEP-Mekong project funds were received from AAI and the rest, 5.45% and 2.18%, from AAS and AAUK-matching funds to EEP-Mekong project, respectively.

Regarding the funds transfer from AAI to AAT, 577.38K GBP, was comprised the investment fund from AAT to AAT (363.07K GBP) to cover the approved plan and budget for the year 2011, first year matching fund (40K GBP) to cover 25% co-financing of EC Non-state Actor project, International Fundraising Face-to-Face Program (131.30K GBP) that would be implemented in year 2012, response to flood situation in Thailand from Asia Regional Office (ARO) (18K GBP), emergency flood in Thailand from IECT (25K GBP).

ActionAid Thailand (AAT)’s expenditure comprised the fi v e m a i n f u n c t i o n s , including general support a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i o n func t ion , gove r nance function, communication and publication function, program / project function and fundraising function.

In the year 2011, total expenditure was 358.26K GBP, representing the Program/Project function (187.54K GBP), General Support & Administration function (119.80K GBP), Fundraising function (24.96K GBP), Communication and Publication function (14.83K GBP) and Governance function (11.13K GBP).

The highest expenditures were the spending in Program/ Project function (52%), General Support & Administration Function (34%) of total expenditure. The rest were spent on Fundraising, Communication and Publication and Governance, 7%, 4% and 3%, respectively.

We will continue to reshape our programs into more efficient, relevant, and quantifiable projects. We are still short staffed at the beginning of 2012. During the year, we will identify and recruit additional qualified personnel as necessary. Our team will become a stronger and even more committed group of professionals through capacity building programs that will be tailored to their individual needs. We are looking forward to generating income within Thailand through corporations and individuals. We will also continue to pursue for additional institutional funding. Most importantly, we will devote sufficient time to communicate and collaborate with our national board members to ensure that mutual understanding and support between the board and the AAIT staff is achieved and maintained.

Toward 2012

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Above: Photo of a volunteer who helped us distributing more than 1200 of the relief packages for affected people in communities along Bangbua Canal, Bangkok.

Below: Photo of affected people came out to received the flood relief packages from AAT

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